Vinyl rip quality question

[Some Guy]

Is there a way to remove crackles and background record noise using DBpoweramp?

[petriburg]

Re: Vinyl rip quality question

:cry: Sadly, dB's applications won't provide you with sound editing of the type you need. There is much software around which claims to remove hiss, pops crackles and other nasties when transferring from LP - but, the more effective the software, the more expensive it is! A useful treatise on the subject of transferring LP to CD can be found at this site:

http://www.delback.co.uk/lp-cdr.htm

By all means, use dB's facilities for everything else that it will do - there is none better. (As a footnote, I believe that some of the software applications appropriate to your needs can be found on the internet). Good luck with your transfers; speaking from my own experience, you will find it an interesting and rewarding pastime!

[ChristinaS]

Re: Vinyl rip quality question

Nero has options when you make a compilation that allow some measure of cleaning up pops and other noises. It works to some limited extent.

[petriburg]

Re: Vinyl rip quality question

I agree that Nero may provide limited help here, but it is not terribly effective with the noisier type of LP, of which there are far too many. An application such as Goldwave will allow the user to view the wave file and physically eliminate the biggest of the pops (which result from old needle scratches), and some of the surface crackle...in my (not inconsiderable) experience with LP transfers, one has to balance the effect of noise removal with the overall effect it has on sound. Too much correction leaves you with a rather dead sounding transfer, lacking in topend frequency response. It's very much a user option, in the long run.